Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19980929201328.00c596bc@popmail.skypoint.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 20:13:28 -0500
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net, baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
From: wayne steffens <wsteffen@skypoint.com>
Subject: Re: baidarka [] canvas
In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19980926150505.007c1300@paradox.net>
Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. I can probably order it locally, but I
havent checked into that thoroughly. Unfortunately (but not unexpectedly!)
Something has come up so I probably wont be able to finish my coaming for a
couple weeks. Its drying out again ;-)
Wayne-and his seemingly endless baidarka project
At 03:05 PM 9/26/98 -0400, shawn goodman wrote:
>At 05:16 PM 9/25/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>I finally got a good piece of ash cut for my coaming, and its soaking
>>outside now. If things go well, which is unlikely given past experiences, I
>>should be ready for skinning in the next few weeks. So!
>>
>>I called around to the local canvas folks, very few of which carry #10
>>untreated canvas, much less know what it is. I'm sure one of them can order
>>it for me though. Several places mentioned a 60/40 polyester/cotton canvas.
>>Has anybody tried this stuff? Its cheaper than straight cotton (<$5 yd),
>>but I wonder about other problems I might encounter using it. It comes in
>>45.5 inch width, I havent measured the circumferance of my boat to see if
>>thats going to be wide enough. They say it shrinks up to 2%. Is that too
>>much/too little? I was afraid it might not shrink enough due to the poly,
>>but one guy says he cant use for most of his applications (boat covers,
>>etc) because it shrinks too much.
>>
>>Also, what about a using a lighter cotton than #10 (which is about 14-15 oz
>>cloth,right)? I dont expect this boat to see real heavy use, probably a few
>>hours a week at most, in sandy not rocky conditions. One guy I talked to
>>said he built a Putz kayak with 10 oz "artist" cloth.
>>
>>Wayne
>>
>
>Wayne, there's a discount canvas place near me that sells untreated #10 for
>about $40 for a 17 foot baidarka. If this is what you're looking for & you
>want the phone #, let me know.
>
>Shawn
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